Trouble logging in?If you can't remember your password or are having trouble logging in, you will have to reset your password. If you have trouble resetting your password (for example, if you lost access to the original email address), please do not start posting with a new account, as this is against the forum rules. If you create a temporary account, please contact us right away via Forum Support, and send us any information you can about your original account, such as the account name and any email address that may have been associated with it.

^according to touge hiro's twitter post here, it is the last chapter of the manga.

Edit: Hiro said [here] that the manga continuation will depend on the tankoubon sales.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chiaki_chan

agreement then we must hope that the volume 1 sells well finger crossed
><

Indeed. Fingers crossed.

If it does continue, I wonder what they'll do next (they might have to make a few changes if they do that part of the story, considering the changes they've already made).

Quote:

Originally Posted by justpassingby

And jackie's surname is supposed to be fahrenheit, if you want to believe him. Characters introduction page after vol 4 used that name, and marika called him that when she discussed with noel.
He reintroduced himself as jackie fahrenheit , an insurance investigator from marx & marx insurance [probably referring to this]when silent whisper was chasing odette ii that had been hijacked by luna lion. <---gruelle said don't trust this guy.
Marika said it is a company with bad reputation, albeit its customers are planetary governments and big companies. (compared to harold lloyd's clients which range from interplanetary wars to private travels) v4p202
...what?

So let me get this straight...

Spoiler for Jackie:

Celsius is his alias and Fahrenheit is what he claims it really is? (though his word isn't particularly trustworthy)

What about the other one - where did that come from?

Edit: Just out of curiosity - have there been any names given to the story arcs in V4-9 (other than the current wiki placeholders)?

Also, anything new regarding the Barbaroosa?

Spoiler for Barbaroosa (V9):

I've looked for information concerning its fate after the release date, however I'm quite limited in what information I can get. As for what little bits I have managed to find, I don't know whether they are true or not. Other than the sinking bit from a page back, I also found a post which seemed to suggest it (or its crew) were rescued right at the story's end, and another saying it was sold with a fake Letter. At the moment I'm taking these with a pinch of salt.

My copy of vol 9 has arrived, but still at my local Kino. Will update soon.

Some random notes. Marika did "Aerobreaking" before landing her Dinghy...in a simulation. But her predecessor, Hayama Miki from ☆π did a Pugachev Cobra in a F-18 above the runaway before landing.

Sorry for lack of updates. I found myself indulging in the books which the girl in my avatar comes from. I wish I could invite both 'I' and Marika to a trip inboard Viper and we could talk depressing things all time long.
Oh, and recent tweets from Hiro saying that for him the interesting parts of fMiniPai starts from vol 4. But this doesn't mean the manga is confirmed to be resumed.
I thought I have become Spiderman, but then I realized I don't have a dead girlfriend.

Here's an interesting fanfic i just thought out a month ago. A Crossover between Miniskirt Pirates and Crest of the Stars.

Spoiler for part 1:

In this fanfic the worlds of Pirates and COTS have never meet until the beginning of the story. This is explained in-story how star systems of COTS are set at a different part of the galaxy far away from the star systems of Pirates. The story begins when a Human Alliance fleet discovers a new star system inhabited by humans who have never heard of the Alliance before. The Alliance at first welcome their long lost fellow humans but upon learning these humans have a very lax view on genetics and are peaceful people, the Alliance, who are militarist and have a strong hatred against genetically engineered humans, forcibly take over the system. Forcing their militarist/anti-genetics policies upon the populace, the Alliance believe they have found the available manpower they need in their war against the Abh Empire.

Assuming the other star systems are weak and they could easily convert or force those nearby systems to their side, the Alliance gets a nasty surprise when two Battlestar class ships from the Galactic Empire arrive. Having received a distress call, the Galactic Empire charges the Alliance fleet for an unprovoked attack on one of their allied planets and demands their surrender which the Alliance response is to attack them.

Despite having more ships, the two Battlestars are able to defend themselves quite well, destroying 1/3 of the Alliance fleet. In desperation, the Alliance calls in 2 more fleets to help them. But what they don't realize is they are being lead into a trap as the Battlestars are decoys as the Empire's is testing the Alliance's strength for a surprise attack lead by several squadrons of space fighters and a group space pirate ships.

When all three Alliance fleets gathered at a specific location the Battlestars lead them, the fighters/pirates launch their attack by FTL Jumping into their position. The fleet is caught by surprise due the fighters/pirates FTL tech which is different with their space-fold tech, the enemy fighting them that close and the speed of their attacks. The Alliance loses the battle due to their weapons being meant for long range battle with larger ships, unable to fight back without risking hitting their allies and the pirates/marines boarding into their ships which the Alliance crews were never trained or expected this kind of combat.

In the end, only one ship manged to escape while the rest of the Alliance fleet were destroyed or captured by the Galactic Empire. After learning about the Abh Empire from their prisoners, the Galactic Empire makes contact with the Abh which the two sides decides to hold a meeting between their leaders. After the Galactic Empress and Abh Empress meet and discuss the incident with the Human Alliance, both Empires formed an alliance to defeat a common foe.

Well here's one part of this fanfic. I'll post another one later which includes the characters.

My copy of vol 9 has arrived, but still at my local Kino. Will update soon.

Some random notes. Marika did "Aerobreaking" before landing her Dinghy...in a simulation. But her predecessor, Hayama Miki from ?p did a Pugachev Cobra in a F-18 above the runaway before landing.

Sorry for lack of updates. I found myself indulging in the books which the girl in my avatar comes from. I wish I could invite both 'I' and Marika to a trip inboard Viper and we could talk depressing things all time long.
Oh, and recent tweets from Hiro saying that for him the interesting parts of fMiniPai starts from vol 4. But this doesn't mean the manga is confirmed to be resumed.

According to Sasamoto-sensei's tweet, because of the size of the orbit of the newly found planet, in MiniPi universe it would be equivalent to Ishi no Shirahoshi (2nd planet). There are Robot Plants to develop the metal bedrock surface.

Hmm? Did Captain Suzuka got the Captaincy as Christmas present or something?

I don't celebrate Christmas, but here a toast to End of War for every wars, past and present, fictional or real, and especially ones that ended on end of the year/New Year. War is Over, if you want it♪

According to Sasamoto-sensei's tweet, because of the size of the orbit of the newly found planet, in MiniPi universe it would be equivalent to Ishi no Shirahoshi (2nd planet). There are Robot Plants to develop the metal bedrock surface.

*writes a photon sword battle amid all the mining plants for that planet*

I was hoping for a surprise when I clicked Asahi NicoSeiga, but alas, the manga wasn't there

Spoiler for Odette II:

Hmm? Regarding the design for Odette II (White Swan) from the novel. Jacky said he needed the Odette II for her monomolecular crystal mast used on the bowsprit. Monomolecular crystal which formes the plasma crystal is suitable to accumulate high density energy and direct it to the target of Stellar Slayer (the originally intended weapon, not the supernova bomb).
Kinda hard to imagine how it would work if there is a Season 2 of the anime.

p.s Damn it my University's subscription does not cover the contents for Plasma Crystal at IEEExplore

I chuckled a bit when Kenjo asked the girls their opinion about what Jacky said to them regarding about the switching side from the Rebel Army, selling the weapon etc.
Gruelle, Rin, and Chiaki: "It's a trap, right", "I think it is a trap", "It is obviously a trap".

Spoiler for Come See The Dancing Stars:

It reminds me when Alex was trying to outrun Jumping Jack Flash and his Viper ship at the start of Hoshi no dance wo Mi ni Oide.. He asked his men, and they said "It's a trap", "A trick", "It's a camouflage, right?", "Obviously it is a trap".

Not to mention the ships warped out at Pirate Route (Corridor West 22). In this timeline, the galaxy was yet to be unified by the Empire. In the prologue of MiniPi vol 1, Princess Apricot warped out at Corridor West 37, which Kane told the two women in the cocktail dresses that in the past, the space was known as Pirate Route.

Recently I re-watched The Wrath of Khan, The Seach of Spook, and Star Trek 2009, and I'm emotionally compromised when Spook said his famous words, "I have been and always shall be your friend". I wonder when Chiaki is going to say that .
You could say that Methuselah in MiniPi is the equivalent of Vulcan. Sadly, Chiaki doesn't have pointy ears (BBA-tachi have them ), and is is not clear if Nora is her mother. If she is, then Chiaki should be half-Methuselah.....wait how does that even work?

In recent Sensei's tweet, he said he would like to work faster this year. Other good news is that HoshiPi reprint vol 2 and vol 3 are scheduled for February and March releases.

I chuckled a bit when Kenjo asked the girls their opinion about what Jacky said to them regarding about the switching side from the Rebel Army, selling the weapon etc.
Gruelle, Rin, and Chiaki: "It's a trap, right", "I think it is a trap", "It is obviously a trap".

Spoiler for Come See The Dancing Stars:

It reminds me when Alex was trying to outrun Jumping Jack Flash and his Viper ship at the start of Hoshi no dance wo Mi ni Oide.. He asked his men, and they said "It's a trap", "A trick", "It's a camouflage, right?", "Obviously it is a trap".

Not to mention the ships warped out at Pirate Route (Corridor West 22). In this timeline, the galaxy was yet to be unified by the Empire. In the prologue of MiniPi vol 1, Princess Apricot warped out at Corridor West 37, which Kane told the two women in the cocktail dresses that in the past, the space was known as Pirate Route.

You do know that rebels and traps can only refer to one original fish-person, right?

Quote:

Originally Posted by justpassingby

Recently I re-watched The Wrath of Khan, The Seach of Spook, and Star Trek 2009, and I'm emotionally compromised when Spook said his famous words, "I have been and always shall be your friend". I wonder when Chiaki is going to say that .
You could say that Methuselah in MiniPi is the equivalent of Vulcan. Sadly, Chiaki doesn't have pointy ears (BBA-tachi have them ), and is is not clear if Nora is her mother. If she is, then Chiaki should be half-Methuselah.....wait how does that even work?

I'd like to think that in the fair future, there are multiple subspecies of humans like dogs. Most of it artificially created. All of them able to interbreed.

Something like tall, thin humans with pointy ears living in low-G environments, or short and stout dwarves (Squats) living on the opposite type of worlds.

So technically a Meth is still human, just different, and so a half-Meth is possible.

You do know that rebels and traps can only refer to one original fish-person, right?

Can't wait for Episode VII

In other news, I think there is going to be anime about a girl and a male robot named HAL coming, soon?
For Rin, she cares more about her computer, HAL-bou, than Odette II. She said she has never being apart for more than 30 meters since she obtained that 'boy'. This happened when Marika and her Club President chased the Odette II in vol 4.

...Speaking of which, in Yousei Sakusen vol 1, there is a scene when the main characters went out to the moon surface, and one of them said "It's like we're in 2001", and the most hardworking character replied "No the year is not 2001" IIRC

Quote:

Originally Posted by MeisterBabylon

So technically a Meth is still human, just different, and so a half-Meth is possible.

In other news, I think there is going to be anime about a girl and a male robot named HAL coming, soon?
For Rin, she cares more about her computer, HAL-bou, than Odette II. She said she has never being apart for more than 30 meters since she obtained that 'boy'. This happened when Marika and her Club President chased the Odette II in vol 4.

...Speaking of which, in Yousei Sakusen vol 1, there is a scene when the main characters went out to the moon surface, and one of them said "It's like we're in 2001", and the most hardworking character replied "No the year is not 2001" IIRC

Neither, I am. Patience, we must have.

I'm confused. I thot that Rin x HAL thing was a different anime and not something in the novel?

Quote:

Originally Posted by justpassingby

Not even once

Hey at least its a lot more plausible than new humans being the size of faeries...

Speaking about drugs, in vol 5, when the crews of Odette II were going to take their rest, Captain Ririka warned them and said "No drugs, No drinks". Guess she knew that the Yacht Club members had a party with alcohol in vol 3.

Spoiler for Jacky:

When Jacky came aboard Barubarusa to discuss about surrendering to the pirates and switching sides etc, Misa did medical check ups on him. It was then revealed that the Swindler's body was filled with Nanomachines, and truth serum won't work on him.

After the discussions, the pirates let him go. Jacky performed system check on his ship. He wanted to make sure if there were traces of his computer being cracked. Since the computer didn't find anything, he doubt it if there was someone with cracking skills of a Wizard level had played with his computer.
He then asked himself if the pirates did believe him and left the ship unchecked, that the pirates were stupider than he predicted. He talked to himself about if the pirates had performed inspection without him realizing, and they planted bomb inside his ship.

He continued blabbering about him being 疑心暗鬼 (Gishin anki)-ed by the pirates (it means Suspicion will raise bogies/Once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious)
He then suspected the foods that he had with the pirates inside a dining hall that Marika regarded "like a hotel". inside Barubarusa.

....Can nanomachines fixed neurosis?

Ah, speaking about Noel, there is an Esper Pilot from Yousei Sakusen named Noel who fended off alien attack on the Moon before chasing the main characters to the Earth. And if Tanigawa Nagaru regarded Yousei Sakusen as the forefather of LN, can it be safe to say it was the first LN to use the "neurosis" word? (v1 pg 105 3rd printing)

I was hoping for a surprise when I clicked Asahi NicoSeiga, but alas, the manga wasn't there

Spoiler for Odette II:

Hmm? Regarding the design for Odette II (White Swan) from the novel. Jacky said he needed the Odette II for her monomolecular crystal mast used on the bowsprit. Monomolecular crystal which formes the plasma crystal is suitable to accumulate high density energy and direct it to the target of Stellar Slayer (the originally intended weapon, not the supernova bomb).
Kinda hard to imagine how it would work if there is a Season 2 of the anime.

p.s Damn it my University's subscription does not cover the contents for Plasma Crystal at IEEExplore

I chuckled a bit when Kenjo asked the girls their opinion about what Jacky said to them regarding about the switching side from the Rebel Army, selling the weapon etc.
Gruelle, Rin, and Chiaki: "It's a trap, right", "I think it is a trap", "It is obviously a trap".

Spoiler for Come See The Dancing Stars:

It reminds me when Alex was trying to outrun Jumping Jack Flash and his Viper ship at the start of Hoshi no dance wo Mi ni Oide.. He asked his men, and they said "It's a trap", "A trick", "It's a camouflage, right?", "Obviously it is a trap".

Not to mention the ships warped out at Pirate Route (Corridor West 22). In this timeline, the galaxy was yet to be unified by the Empire. In the prologue of MiniPi vol 1, Princess Apricot warped out at Corridor West 37, which Kane told the two women in the cocktail dresses that in the past, the space was known as Pirate Route.

Recently I re-watched The Wrath of Khan, The Seach of Spook, and Star Trek 2009, and I'm emotionally compromised when Spook said his famous words, "I have been and always shall be your friend". I wonder when Chiaki is going to say that .
You could say that Methuselah in MiniPi is the equivalent of Vulcan. Sadly, Chiaki doesn't have pointy ears (BBA-tachi have them ), and is is not clear if Nora is her mother. If she is, then Chiaki should be half-Methuselah.....wait how does that even work?

In recent Sensei's tweet, he said he would like to work faster this year. Other good news is that HoshiPi reprint vol 2 and vol 3 are scheduled for February and March releases.

That's a shame. So the sales weren't enough?

Sorry, who are BBA-tachi again?

Quote:

Originally Posted by justpassingby

For Rin, she cares more about her computer, HAL-bou, than Odette II. She said she has never being apart for more than 30 meters since she obtained that 'boy'. This happened when Marika and her Club President chased the Odette II in vol 4.

Out of curiosity, did the novels describe what HAL-bou looked like?

Quote:

Originally Posted by justpassingby

Speaking about drugs, in vol 5, when the crews of Odette II were going to take their rest, Captain Ririka warned them and said "No drugs, No drinks". Guess she knew that the Yacht Club members had a party with alcohol in vol 3.

Spoiler for Jacky:

When Jacky came aboard Barubarusa to discuss about surrendering to the pirates and switching sides etc, Misa did medical check ups on him. It was then revealed that the Swindler's body was filled with Nanomachines, and truth serum won't work on him.

After the discussions, the pirates let him go. Jacky performed system check on his ship. He wanted to make sure if there were traces of his computer being cracked. Since the computer didn't find anything, he doubt it if there was someone with cracking skills of a Wizard level had played with his computer.
He then asked himself if the pirates did believe him and left the ship unchecked, that the pirates were stupider than he predicted. He talked to himself about if the pirates had performed inspection without him realizing, and they planted bomb inside his ship.

He continued blabbering about him being 疑心暗鬼 (Gishin anki)-ed by the pirates (it means Suspicion will raise bogies/Once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious)
He then suspected the foods that he had with the pirates inside a dining hall that Marika regarded "like a hotel". inside Barubarusa.

....Can nanomachines fixed neurosis?

Though at the end of vol 8, he was kinda cool when he said "See you around" before jumping from the rooftop and Luna Lion came out flying. Noel is still on pursuit.

"With great power, comes great anxiety"?
Jacky himself has been described by Marika to possess hacking skill the level of a Wizard when Noel asked the Captain to describe the Witch's bounty. He managed to hack one of the pirates ship under Kenjo without leaving any traces. When he first came to Hakuou, he unlocked the club room door (Marika was alone, because it was her habit to come early and locks the door), hacked into the school security camera and replaced the images with still scenes so no one could detect his face, and hacked into the Tax Bureau and placed himself as one of the employee when Rin tried to confirm his identity after he left the school.

IIRC, some readers don't like him because he is kinda like a "cheat character" with nanomachines and stuffs he can do.

I think there are also people who dislike Gruelle because she's genetically superior. She has this trait of know-it-all that is disturbing even for the pirates crews. When Jacky presented his Wall of Tax scroll paper to be read by Marika and the princess, she managed to finish them all and concluded that the red head was a fake. Marika said it took her all to even read the paper.
Moreover, she can use her financial power to help Marika, and Marika tried to refuse it several times. When Rin asked Marika the minimum number of crews needed to sail out Odette II (which is supposed to be 4), they ended up bringing all the club members and Gruelle used her credit card to purchase the earliest shuttle tickets to the Relay Station (Gruelle said buying in bulk gave her discount )

Oh, she also made Marika wears that red suit again when they went and meet the captain of Princess Apricot to ask his and his ship for help to bring out the Odette II.

- ^V7 and V8 has a common location: Skull Star.
V7 ended with Marika and her merry friends (again me :P) entering Skull Start while V8 started with Gruelle taking a stroll by herself inside an Art Museum. There are towns, hotel, slumps etc inside the mobile fortress.

- In V6, after Muler paid Jacky for his service, she asked him to work for her more, but he said he's going to do something at the other side of galaxy. He ran away (Muler was about to shot IIRC), and said the secret to long life is to never get involved with the pirate.

When the battle started, the pirate ships were under heavy fire from Muller. They formed formation to protect Odette II, with Ririka doing the role of Suzuka. Communication came from Jacky offering help for the pirates by bringing the anti matter for monomolecular crystal.
He sold it with a price of "debt of gratitude" from the pirates.

... So he lied to himself?

At the end of the battle with the 7th Imperial Fleet came to help as they're approaching the border of the Empire, Marika asked what is Jacky's true name. He said 'No comment'. And then Marika in angry tone said "I'm going to remember this!" . Marika was also angry when Jacky used a fake transponder masquerading as Black Swan and made a call to Bentenmaru calling "Marika-chan", and Marika-chan reply "Who are you calling Marika-chan!?"

And vol 8 ended with the merry people went for a merry chase when the 'treasure' they were looking for was at the Cook's place, hanging on the wall.

At the end of the battle with the 7th Imperial Fleet came to help as they're approaching the border of the Empire, Marika asked what is Jacky's true name. He said 'No comment'. And then Marika in angry tone said "I'm going to remember this!" . Marika was also angry when Jacky used a fake transponder masquerading as Black Swan and made a call to Bentenmaru calling "Marika-chan", and Marika-chan reply "Who are you calling Marika-chan!?"

Considering that same behaviour was used to indicate Marika being sort of love interest for Chiaki, would you say that Jacky is indicated to be one for Marika? Provided you know more context than me.
Also, since Jacky is not introduced in anime AFAIK, is he the character from 4th volume and higher, or was he cut from anime adaptation?

Just wondering, how much has been revealed for the backstories of the main Bentenmaru crew?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lexich

Considering that same behaviour was used to indicate Marika being sort of love interest for Chiaki, would you say that Jacky is indicated to be one for Marika? Provided you know more context than me.
Also, since Jacky is not introduced in anime AFAIK, is he the character from 4th volume and higher, or was he cut from anime adaptation?

I doubt it.

He first appears in Volume 4.

Last edited by Inept Forum User; 2013-01-19 at 08:27.
Reason: Adding question for those who can answer.